Chapter 507 Attack on the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom

At eight o'clock in the evening, Ouyang Shuo raised his account to discuss matters.

Those present at the military meeting, except for Shi Hu and Shan Zhu, were all generals at the division commander level. One of the two represents the first division of the Longxiang Army, and the other represents the third division of the Huben Army.

Before discussing the matter, Han Xin notified the damage of the battle first.

"In this campaign, our army lost a total of more than 21,500 soldiers, including the important personnel. Among them, the second division of the Leopard Army Corps suffered the most heavy losses. Not only did more than half of the soldiers die, but even the division Chang Weizhang was sacrificed."

The generals were silent for a while when they heard the words.

In this battle, Shanhai City's army suffered heavy losses.

More than 80% of the soldiers who died in battle belonged to the Baotao Legion.

The three thousand Shenwu guards also suffered heavy losses in the confrontation with Chi You's blood guards, losing more than 700 people. On the contrary, the Imperial Guard Division, including the Shi Wansui Division and Shanzhu Division who came to reinforce them, suffered very little loss.

"The 100,000 mountain barbarian army, excluding those who were seriously injured and those who died in battle, a total of more than 71,000 people surrendered and waited to be reorganized. The battle damage statistics are like this. Please show me how to reorganize!"

Han Xin said, bowed to Ouyang Shuo and returned to his seat.

In the battle of Wuzhou, more than 20,000 soldiers were killed in Shanhai City, and more than 70,000 elite mountain barbarians were captured. They went in and out. If we say that, after this battle, Shanhai City added another 50,000 new troops.

Of course, if Ouyang Shuo hadn't been conferred the title of "Barbarian King" by accident, these mountain barbarian warriors would not have obediently captured them, fearing that they would either run away or be executed for resisting.

Ouyang Shuo nodded, looked around at the generals in the hall, and said in a deep voice: "The battle of Wuzhou is over. But there is a bigger battle ahead, waiting for us. Generals, don't slack off."

"promise!"

All the generals responded in unison, with solemn expressions.

"Mountain pillar!"

Ouyang Shuo immediately started pointing.

"The end is here!"

Shanzhu didn't expect that he would be the first to be targeted.

"Lead the third division of the Huben Legion, and you will set off tomorrow to go to the Lingnan theater to join the legion. After handing over the troops to General Cao GUI, you will return to Shanhai City by yourself and report to the Military Affairs Office."

The Huben Legion has been included in the Lingnan War Zone as a whole. Now that the Battle of Wuzhou is over, Ouyang Shuo naturally wants to put Cao GUI's Division back in order to strengthen the defense in the east of the territory.

As for Shan Zhu, he was the candidate for the division head of the Iron Armored Beast Division that Ouyang Shuo planned.

According to Du Ruhui's letter, thanks to the efforts of Xia Houying, director of the Department of Food and Animal Husbandry, the breeding of iron armored beasts in the Iron Armored Beast Valley in Qiongzhou County has gradually taken shape and can begin to be deployed as troops.

The Combat Preparedness Department is already organizing the Jiafang Division to tailor armor for the armored beast. After putting on full body armor, the iron armored beast will be a fearsome existence on the battlefield.

Shan Zhu was born in the Li nationality, he knew the habits of the armored beasts best, and he was a fierce general, so he was the most suitable candidate for the head of the iron armored beast division.

The soldiers of the Iron Armored Beast Division were selected from among the mountain barbarian warriors.

"promise!"

When Shan Zhu heard this, his heart was full of doubts. It's not surprising that Junhou asked him to lead his troops back to the Lingnan War Zone. The strange thing is, why did he personally return to Shanhai City?

For all this, Shan Zhu could only feel bored in his stomach.

Apart from letting go of Cao GUI's division, Ouyang Shuo focused on reorganizing the Baotao Army. There is a shortfall of nearly 20,000 soldiers in the entire Leopard Tao Army. How to make up for it is a difficult problem.

Ouyang Shuo decided to reorganize a Shanman heavy infantry division among the Shanman prisoners of war and put it under Zhang Han's command. The original soldiers under Zhang Han's command were deployed to other divisions.

In addition, Shi Wansui's division retained the establishment of the two brigades, and the remaining soldiers were also incorporated into the Baotao Army. In this way, the soldiers of Leopard Tao Corps were basically recovered.

The remaining gap can only be filled after the attack on the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

Moreover, after such a reorganization, the Leopard Tao Legion will be recruited either by elite mountain barbarian soldiers or veterans of Shi Wansui's division, plus the tempering of the soldiers of the legion by the Battle of Wuzhou.

The strength of Leopard Tao's army also rose instead of falling, growing into a mature army.

Shi Wansui was seriously injured in this battle, even after taking [Peiyuan Pill], he only regained consciousness temporarily. For real recovery, at least breath adjustment will be needed for more than a month.

Wait, if you say it, Shi Wansui's division has temporarily lost its chief general.

Therefore, Ouyang Shuo simply promoted Jiang Kai, the brigade commander of the second brigade of Shi Wansui's division, to the deputy division commander. Jiang Kai led the division, took Shi Wansui and Wei Zhang's corpse along the secret road of Shiwanda Mountain, returned to Lianzhou County, and then turned to Mulan Fortress.

Returning with Jiang Kai, there are three brigades of mountain barbarians. These mountain barbarians were reorganized into the Elai Division. The Elai Division had only two Shanman heavy infantry brigades before, but this time Ouyang Shuo made up for it in one go, forming a pure Shanman heavy infantry division.

The three brigades replaced by the Elai Division just happened to be merged into the Shi Wansui Division.

In this way, the three legions of Shanhai City were completely separated and no longer fought together.

The Longxiang Legion is stationed at Mulan Fortress, the headquarters of the Legion, the Huben Legion is stationed in the Lingnan Theater, and the Baotao Legion is temporarily stationed in Wuzhou County.

After some reorganization, there were still more than 50,000 mountain barbarian fighters left, who were reorganized into four independent mountain barbarian divisions by Ouyang Shuo. The specific number will be determined after the war.

Of course, one of the divisions was prepared for the Iron Armored Beast Division that was still under construction. It's just that it's wartime now, and Ouyang Shuo still brought this division with him to deal with the threat from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

The division heads of the four divisions, except for Shi Hu who was appointed as the division head of the Shanman Independent First Division, the remaining three divisions were all temporarily taken over by the generals of Shenwuwei.

Ouyang Shuo is also temporarily serving as the commander in chief of the army.

Ouyang Shuo did so out of helplessness. After all, the Shanman had just returned, and apart from Ouyang Shuo, it was difficult for anyone to be able to suppress this group of guys with one blow.

However, the mountain barbarians are the best candidates for heavy infantry. Naturally, Ouyang Shuo would not be so stupid as to completely break up the mountain barbarians and organize them into various master groups.

The formed mountain barbarian heavy infantry division is the most terrifying.

The division commanders of the two mountain barbarian heavy infantry divisions currently incorporated into the legion, needless to say, have led the mountain barbarian troops for a long time, and they are very compatible with the soldiers.

As for Zhang Han, this famous general, although he is quiet, is actually a ruthless man with very powerful wrists. Otherwise, they would not have trained a group of Lishan prisoners into a strong army.

Just like this, Ouyang Shuo let Zhang Han lead a mountain barbarian heavy infantry division with peace of mind. For other generals, including Di Qing, Ouyang Shuo couldn't be completely at ease.

After the reorganization was completed, Ouyang Shuo now had two major armies in his hands, together with the Imperial Guard Division and four Mountain Barbarian Independent Divisions, a total of more than 200,000 elite troops.

This time, Ouyang Shuo wants to see how arrogant the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is.

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The next day, Shan Zhu and Jiang Kai led their troops to leave.

Han Xin led the Leopard Tao Army and stayed at the headquarters for two days. One is to complete the reorganization of the army, and the other is to deal with the aftermath.

Two days later, Han Xin will lead the Baotao Army to march westward, and cooperate with the Longxiang Army to form a pincer attack on the Southern Army of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom outside the Mulan Fortress.

As for Ouyang Shuo, he led the Shenwu Guards, the Imperial Guards, and the four Shanman independent divisions, and set off for Chiyou City to announce the birth of a new king.

The end of the Battle of Wuzhou does not mean that Wuzhou County has been brought under the rule of Shanhai City.

At the very least, Ouyang Shuo must find a way to gain the approval of the tribes of the Shanman.

After all, only Shanman warriors witnessed the coronation of Ouyang Shuo's new king. The other mountain barbarians, especially the mountain barbarians living in Chiyou City, did not see them.

Therefore, Ouyang Shuo wanted to announce his existence as quickly as possible, so as not to cause any changes.

This time Ouyang Shuo brought the Shenwu Guards and Imperial Guards to prevent accidents. With such a trump card in his hand, even if something happened to Chi You City, Ouyang Shuo would have the confidence to deal with it.

In addition, the governance of Wuzhou County is also a big problem.

Unlike Leizhou County and Zhaoqing County, the ruling class in Wuzhou County is Shanman. The Han people in the county have always been oppressed. There has always been a deep contradiction between the two races.

How to balance the interests of the two when conquering Wuzhou County this time is a big problem.

If the power of the mountain barbarian is cut off at once, it will definitely cause a backlash. However, if the status of the Han people in the county is not restored, the economy of Wuzhou County will not be able to develop.

Although Chi You governed Wuzhou County like an iron barrel, Ouyang Shuo couldn't praise his economic achievements, it was a mess.

The entire Wuzhou County is a mess.

The county's economy is probably no different from the primitive society.

Therefore, it is really a long way to go to bring Wuzhou County on the right track.

The most important thing is to choose a qualified sheriff. The county guard must not only have a strong wrist, able to suppress the mountain barbarians, but also have flexible political wisdom, able to balance the interests of the mountain barbarians and the Han people.

In addition, one must have a certain economic acumen and be able to revitalize the economy of Wuzhou County.

Last night, Ouyang Shuo had written to Xiao He and Fan Zhongyan, appointing Fan Zhongyan as the Sheriff of Wuzhou County.

At this time, only Fan Gong can take on this important task.

The post of Director of Administration left by Fan Zhongyan was naturally replaced by Xiao He. Xiao He will also continue to preside over the official assessment led by the Administration Department without interruption.

Before Fan Zhongyan led officials to take over Wuzhou County, Ouyang Shuo had to sit in Chiyou City himself.

In the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's war, there are two generals, Bai Qi and Han Xin, watching, so it should be no problem.

Ouyang Shuo always kept in mind his identity, he was the lord, and his top priority was to stabilize the rule. It is better to let the generals handle the matter of leading troops to fight.